Covert Prejudice and Discourses of Otherness During the Refugee Crisis: A Case Study of the Greek Islands’ Press

This study identifies the recurrent repertoires of covert prejudice in the regional press of three Greek islands (Lesvos, Chios, Samos) during the refugee crisis. Between 2015 and 2016, these islands were the first-line receiving communities for the many refugees and migrants who arrived in Europe through the Eastern Mediterranean route. This article applies a synthetic qualitative approach to discourse analysis, emphasizing the argumentation and narrative complexity of prejudiced discourse as articulated through the idiosyncratic prism of locality. By focusing our analysis on expressions of neo-racism, symbolic and aversive racism, our study identified five interpretative repertoires of prejudicial discourse: “superfluous bodies,” “threats of multiculturalism,” “agents of misery,” “bogus refugees,” and “capitalizing on the refugee crisis.” This research is co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund- ESF) through the Operational Programme «Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014-2020» in the context of the project “Discourses on Otherness and New Forms of Prejudice During the Refugee Crisis: A Case Study of the Greek Islands’ Press” (MIS 5048137). reviewed acceptedVersion

本研究针对2015至2016年难民危机期间，希腊莱斯沃斯岛（Lesvos）、希俄斯岛（Chios）、萨摩斯岛（Samos）三座岛屿的地方报刊中反复出现的隐性偏见话语体系展开识别。2015至2016年间，这些岛屿是经由东地中海路线抵达欧洲的大量难民与移民的首批接收社区。本文采用综合质性研究方法开展话语分析，着重探讨依托地方独特视角所呈现的偏见性话语的论证逻辑与叙事复杂性。本研究聚焦新种族主义、符号性种族主义与厌恶型种族主义的表达，最终识别出五类偏见话语阐释框架：“多余的个体”、“多元文化主义威胁”、“苦难的制造者”、“虚假难民”以及“利用难民危机牟利”。本研究由希腊与欧盟（欧洲社会基金（European Social Fund, ESF））通过《2014-2020年人力资源开发、教育与终身学习行动计划》联合资助，相关项目为“难民危机时期的他者话语与新型偏见形式——以希腊岛屿报刊为案例”（项目编号：MIS 5048137）。经审核的录用定稿